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Date:      Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:52:06 -0400
From:      Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@InsightBB.com>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   man pages for string.h functions needs update
Message-ID:  <200506201452.06292.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com>

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per "The C programming language" ANSI C edition, by K&R, page 249, states 
"Except for memove, the behaviour is undefined if copying takes place between 
overlapping objects.".

memove and memcpy have appropriate notes. strcpy doesn't (and probably the 
rest of str* need a note to this effect).

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